The Bill of Rights and What It Means Today

Course Description

This course will focus on the limitations imposed on the United States national government in the original Constitution (1789), and especially in the Bill of Rights (1791), and on the limitations imposed by subsequent amendments, especially those imposed on the states (and local governments) through the 13th (1865), 14th (1868) and 15th (1870) Amendments. While we will respond to your interests as we go through topics, we will spend most of our time on Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Due Process of Law, and Equal Protection of the Laws.